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FYI, I don't want Apple to be the only computer maker any more than I want Microsoft or Dell to be the only OS or hardware vendors. I want competition and open standards. Macs are part of that. Linux is part of that. Even Windows is part of that.

I want competition, though I do like having a clear winner that creates defacto standards. I remember the days of a wide open industry and it really kind of sucked, seemed then you needed at least two systems to be able to use all the software you wanted because you could garauntee that the best of breed of at least one type wouldn't be made for System X. Having a standard really helps avoid that, but competition is good, keeping whoever is on the top of the heap on their toes is good for everybody, having alternatives is great. I'm not anti-Mac, they're good system. I just get annoyed when people act like Steve Jobs is a really great guy and the world would be a better place if he'd won and Bill Gates lost, they're both scum. Steve is smarter scum when it comes to technology, Bill is smarter scum when it comes to marketing. That's why Bill won, and why things wouldn't be that much different than they are now if Steve had won.